I am a shaman, come in
guise of a comic, in order to heal perception by using stories and jokes, and
always the voice of reason…..
If comedy is an escape
from anything it is an escape from illusions. The comic, by using the voice of
reason, reminds us of our True Reality, and in that moment of recognition, we
laugh, and the reality of the daily grind is shown for what it really is – unreal
– a joke. - Bill Hicks
Back in the 1960’s music was a force for change and it was
again in the 1970’s with Punk and Two Tone. Today it seems that most people are
rather tranced-out and things seem to be going along with no one seeing what is
happening. More and more things are being taken away from ordinary people and
being placed in the hands of big business and the authorities.
Take schooling for instance; they are now more like
businesses than places to learn, with some schools running several others like
some form of corporate takeover. This is bloody ridiculous but no one seems to
think it is, surely schooling has some aspect of locality to it so how can a
school from a different area take over and know the aspects of that school.
It seems that any comment made that would have been fine
down the pub in a matter of fact way now being delivered on the internet can
result in the authorities moving in, well I am suspicious of them as well. I
have NEVER believed in the well-meaning nature of the police or the ruling
class and this is from a white guy; I just wonder how I would have felt if I
was black and I had lived in Brixton in my early years.
I think that music and humour still has and maybe has even
more a role a play to prick the bubble of pomposity of the authorities of this
country, the USA and Europe as they are not only manipulating and corrupt but
also inept.
So Bill as in all things the true nature of things shows
itself in time and the daily grind is still grinding on.
Vic
